TDs claim HSE is using cyberattack as 'excuse' not to answer questions 

Labour TD Seán Sherlock said all politicians acknowledge the fact that the cyberattack knocked out the HSE’s ability to answer many parliamentary questions. However, he said it was now 'getting to the stage where democratic accountability is suffering'. File picture

The HSE has been accused of preventing opposition parties from carrying out their work by refusing to answer a number of questions put to it.

A number of opposition TDs have vented frustration that parliamentary questions (PQs) about numerous health-related matters are not being responded to, and claim the HSE is now using the cyber-attack as "an excuse" to deny information.